New council leaders have delivered just 14.5% of their promised social housing target after taking power last year.

The biggest local authority in Kent faces a budget shortfall of £81m - with cuts to services almost inevitable.

With the election just two weeks away, we look at what the parties are promising on immigration - and speak to a refugee who now calls Kent home.

Parliamentary hopefuls in Canterbury attempted to win over voters at a hustings event this evening.

Candidates are set to be quizzed during another general election husting, set to be live-streamed on KentOnline today.

With two weeks until the election where are people’s party posters asks our columnist - or has politics become too nasty and voters disillusioned?

A major public meeting to debate a massive proposed housing development has been organised ahead of the general election.

A general election hustings for the Weald of Kent constituency will take place later this month.

We take an in-depth look at what the main parties are promising for housing and why it means no let up for the county - regardless of who wins.

A House of Lords peer has had the Labour whip suspended for his comments about Rosie Duffield.

It’s wrong for political candidates to evade scrutiny and accountability at hustings debates without good reason, says political editor Paul Francis…

A popstar turned environmental campaigner has criticised water companies for “dumping sewage” into the sea.

A Labour candidate has announced she will not attend husting events ahead of the general election due to the actions of “fixated individuals”.

The Reform UK party in Kent has downplayed the prospects of it winning seats in the county despite a new opinion poll putting it ahead of the Tories.

Businesses say three-month roadworks may finally be at an end but the impact is long lasting with politicians largely ‘uninterested’ in their plight.

Proposals to scrap rules that have stalled the building of thousands of new homes in Kent have left both environmentalists and developers concerned.

On this week’s episode of the Kent Politics Podcast our special guest is Reform UK parliamentary candidate Howard Cox.

Political editor Paul Francis gives his analysis of Labour’s general election manifesto, which he says was more cautious than groundbreaking.

A Kent-based animal charity which came up with the idea behind new cat microchipping laws say it will make a huge difference to pet owners.

Political editor Paul Francis says the Conservative manifesto had a sense of déjà vu, notably on pledges focussed on immigration and asylum-seekers.